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A Lesson for the 21st Century
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Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive. Happy April! Have a great start to your week - See you on Wednesday! Cheers, Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins 3 Ideas For Better Habits Embracing Life's Fullness Addiction specialist, Anna Lembke, on confronting life. "I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it. In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape. Instead, the world may become something worth paying attention to." Source: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Historian and philosopher, Yuval Noah Harari, on curiosity. "Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question." Source: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Memoirist and scholar, Tara Westover, on the power of self-belief. "To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is a frailty, but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not in someone else’s." Productivity Tools and Resources Make Beautiful Websites NextUI helps make beautiful websites regardless of your design experience. A beautiful, fast and modern React UI library. Understand Yourself Better laluta - smart journaling is a smart and simple-to-use journaling application designed to help you understand yourself, improve your mental health, provide insights and answer questions based on your notes. What We're Reading Flavours of the Week is a weekly newsletter that shares easy-to-make, healthy recipes that are both wholesome and exciting. No more repetitive, dull dishes – just straightforward, vibrant meals that'll get you excited for the week ahead. Brain Food Today I Learned: A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes. (Source) Science: Research suggests that varying what we study and spacing out our learning over time can both be helpful for memory -- it just depends on what we're trying to remember. (Source) CLASSIFIEDS Get the insights without reading the books 📚 Every Thursday, deep dive into the insights and actionable takeaways of one top-rated book to challenge your mindset, elevate your life, and become a more informed you 🤓 Sign up for a Book a Week for free Doggo Discovery Daily Dig is a daily newsletter bringing delightful dog content to your inbox. Sign up for free! AI Insights for the Informed Join 25,000+ AI enthusiasts receiving the latest in AI delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to Neon Pulse for free. (Everything in the section above is an ad, book yours here) Partner with The Smarter Brain and reach 12,000 professionals' inboxes. Contact us to learn more. If you enjoy The Smarter Brain, we would really appreciate you spreading the word by sharing the sign up link to a colleague or friend. Thank you! Collaborate with The Smarter Brain Do the Survey | Contact | Advertise |
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The Smarter Brain is a newsletter that helps you cut through the noise on the web and save valuable time, so you can can focus on getting things done. Delivered twice a week, you’ll get bite-sized ideas and recommended tools to build better habits, improve your productivity and get smarter in less than 3 minutes.
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive. Happy reading - See you on Wednesday! Cheers, The Smarter Brain Team Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins 3 Ideas For Better Habits Embracing the Lessons of Failure Productivity strategist, Charlie Gilkey, on the value of setbacks. "The gift of failure is that it reveals what matters to you, shows you when you’re out of alignment, and reveals a growth...
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive. Happy reading - See you on Sunday! Cheers, The Smarter Brain Team Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins 3 Ideas For Better Habits Action vs. Inaction: A Psychological Dilemma American journalist and author, Joseph T. Hallinan, on the bias towards action. "As a general principle, people feel more responsible for their actions than they do for their...
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive. Happy reading - See you on Sunday! Cheers, The Smarter Brain Team Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins 3 Ideas For Better Habits The Double-Edged Sword of Intelligence Neuroplasticity pioneer, Norman Doidge, on the nature of worry. "All of us have worries. We worry because we are intelligent beings. Intelligence predicts, that is its essence; the same...